Trio (1950)

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Country: UK
Genres: Drama, Romance
Release: 1950-12-20
Director: Ken Annakin , Harold French
Writers: Noel Langley , W. Somerset Maugham , R.C. Sherriff
Language: English
Stars: James Hayter , Kathleen Harrison , Felix Aylmer (1889–1979) , Lana Morris , Michael Hordern , Glyn Houston , Eliot Makeham , Henry Edwards , Anne Crawford , Nigel Patrick
Runtime: 91 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 nominations total
AKA: So ist das Leben , Трио , Sinfonia da Vida (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , So ist das Leben (Austria) , El torbellino de la vida (Spain) , Trio (Sweden) , El torbellino de la vida (Argentina) , Três Destinos (Brazil) , Trio (United States of America) , Trio (United Kingdom) , Trio (Canada) , Sanatorium (United Kingdom) , Mr. Know-All (United Kingdom) , Trio (Finland) , Tres novelas de la vida (Mexico) , The Verger (United Kingdom) , W. Somerset Maugham's Trio (United Kingdom) , Trio (Greece) , Trio , Trió (Hungary) , Trio (Denmark)
Plot: Three short stories are introduced by author W. Somerset Maugham in the second of his anthology movie trilogy. In "The Verger", a church verger of 17 years is fired by his new straight-laced vicar when it's discovered that he cannot read or write. Forced to make life-altering decisions, the life-long bachelor proposes to his landlady and becomes an entrepreneur. In "Mr. Know-All" an obnoxiously pushy, irrepressibly-boorish dealer in jewelry alienates all of his fellow passengers on an ocean cruise despite his cheerful nature and generosity, but later is sensitive enough to realize that sacrificing his ego at a key moment is important to a woman's happiness. "The Sanatorium" revolves around the lives of tuberculosis patients at an exclusive Scottish sanatorium, including a pair of doomed lovers who choose quality over quantity of life.
IMDB:tt0042752